MISCELLANEOUS Test 17 (Modern History) Welcome to your MISCELLANEOUS Test 17 (Modern History) Name Email 1.Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the poem 'Vande Mataram' in 1875? (a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (d) Rabindranath Tagore None 2.In which year did Atal Bihari Vajpayee undertake a bus journey to Lahore to sign a Peace Declaration? (a) 1994 (b) 1991 (c) 1999 (d) 1997 None 3.Chandernagore (Chandannagar) was a ______ colony captured by the British Navy on 23 March 1757. (a) French (b) Dutch (c) Danish (d) Portuguese None 4.The first Cotton Mill in India was set up as a spinning mill in 1854 in ________. (a) Delhi (b) Bombay (c) Madaras (d) Calcutta None 5.Which of the following nations hosted the 2019 World Rugby Cup? (a) Japan (b) Australia (c) England (d) France None 6.In which novel did the National Song of India Feature? (a) Sevasadan (b) Devi Chaudhurani (c) Anandamath (d) Durgeshnandini None 7.The Aitchison Commission, 1886, was appointed to make recommendations for reforms in the: Aitchison Commission, (a) armed forces (b) Indian judicial system (c) Indian civil services (d) administration of princely states None 8.Who started the Tamil weekly magazine ‘Kudi Arasu’? (a) Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathi (b) T M Nair (c) Periyar EV Ramasamy (d) C Natesa Mudaliar None 9.Guru Gobind Singh was the _____Sikh Guru. (a) eighth (b) tenth (c) ninth (d) fifth None 10.Who became the Nawab of Bengal after Alivardi Khan? (a) Sarfaraaz Khan (b) Shuj-ud-din Muhammad Khan (c) Siraj-ud-Daulah (d) Mir Zafar None 11.The first Cotton Mill in India was set up as a spinning mill in 1854 in _______. (a) Delhi (b) Bombay (c) Madras (d) Calcutta None 12.Who among the following first translated the ‘Bhagavad Gita’ into English? (a) George Yule (b) Vincent Arthur Smith (c) Max Muller (d) Charles Wilkins None 13.The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ______. (a) 1950 (b) 1952 (c) 1948 (d) 1963 None 14. Who among the following was one of the speakers after Jawaharlal Nehru to address the Parliament on the midnight of 15 August 1947? (a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (c) C Rajagopalachari (d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan None 15.Who was the chairman of the Economic Programme Committee (EPC) that was formed by All India Congress Committee in 1947? (a) Purshottamdas Thakurdas (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Subhash Chandra Bose None 16.______was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and a knighthood in 1915. (a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Mother Teresa None 17.Which leader gave us the C R Formula? (a) C.Rajagopalachari (b) Tilak (c) C.R. Das (d) Mahatma Gandhi None 18. In which of the following cities is the tomb of Rani of Jhansi situated? (a) Jabalpur (b) Gwalior (c) Indore (d) Ujjain None 19.Who among the following is known as ‘Loknayak’ ? (a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b) Jaiprakash Narayan (c) APJ Abdul Kalam (d) Rajeev Gandhi None 20.Which palace came to be known as Dutch Palace ? (a) Mattancherry Palace (b) Hawa Mahal (c) Mysuru Palace (d) Leh Palace None 21.Who is known as the Iron Man of India ? (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Raja Ram Mohan Rai (c) Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Jawaharlal Nehru None 22.Which palace came to be known as Dutch Palace ? (a) Mattancherry Palace (b) Hawa Mahal (c) Mysuru Palace (d) Leh Palace None Time's up
